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Atiku criticizes Tinubu’s administration over Ajaero’s arrest

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Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has sharply criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration for allegedly focusing more on intimidating organized labor than on addressing Nigeria’s pressing security issues.

In a recent Facebook post, Atiku condemned the government’s approach, suggesting that its level of repression exceeds even the harshest eras of military rule.

His comments come in the wake of recent events that have drawn public scrutiny.

On Monday morning, Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport while preparing to travel to the UK.

Ajaero was released later that night after several hours in custody.

He stated, “The escalating assault on civil society and the media by the Bola Tinubu administration is profoundly disturbing. The level of oppressive control now imposed surpasses even the harshest days of military dictatorship.

“The recent arrest of Mr Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, en route to an official event, epitomises this regime’s relentless campaign to intimidate and subdue organised labour.”

The former Vice President added that the DSS raid on SERAP was fundamentally opposed to the principles of freedom and justice.

The post read in part, “Just days prior, security forces detained a journalist, only to later claim it was a grievous error. What if the outcome had been fatal?

“Now, Tinubu’s regime extends its repressive grasp to encroach upon SERAP, an action that stands as a grave affront to our democratic values. This siege is anathema to the principles of freedom and justice.

“Tinubu and his security apparatus must redirect their fervour and intimidation towards the true perpetrators of violence — terrorists and bandits — who are inflicting immeasurable suffering upon the Nigerian people.”